Slyder vs SwiftBoard for iPhone
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Slyder
Enhance your typing experience with a customizable keyboard offering extensive gesture controls for navigation, deletion, and text manipulation. It supports multiple languages and offers personalized themes and feedback options.
- Extensive gesture controls
- Multi-language support
- Customizable themes
- Emoji recommendations
- Copy/paste history
- Adjustable keyboard height
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Slyder is a lightweight keyboard built around gestures — slide anywhere to move the cursor, drag the delete key to erase and undo, and keep the tools you actually use one tap above the keys. TYPE IN 38 LANGUAGES Japanese かな 12-key flick and ローマ字 with kana→kanji conversion. Chinese 简体拼音 and 注音. Arabic, Hebrew, Persian and Urdu with full right-to-left layouts. Hindi, Bengali, Tamil, Telugu, Thai, Greek, Korean, English and many more — every one with the same gestures. GESTURES THAT SAVE TAPS - Slide anywhere on the keys to move the cursor, letter by letter - Drag the space bar to move word by word - Drag delete left to erase, right to bring it back - Swipe down to dismiss, swipe up for the number row MAKE IT YOURS - Themes matched to your iPhone color, or a gradient you build yourself - Choose the font your keys are drawn in - An extra row of favorites — buttons, phrases, links, folders - Adjustable keyboard height TOOLS BUILT IN - Clipboard history and a one-tap paste button - Emoji and emoticon suggestions that learn as you type - Cool Fonts and Fun Text - Generative AI with web search - Insights into how you type iCLOUD BACKUP Settings, folders, colors, clipboard, emoji and stats back up to your own iCloud and restore onto a new iPhone in one tap. ON iPAD A native iPad layout with a full number row and Apple-parity key sizing. Terms of use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
SwiftBoard for iPhone
This app provides a highly customizable and stable iOS keyboard extension. It offers extensive theming options, advanced features like haptic feedback and swipe selection, and prioritizes user privacy by processing all data on-device.
- Haptic Feedback
- Alternate Text with Gestures
- Extra Number Row
- Swipe Selection
- Multi-language Auto-correct
- Full Themeing Support
- Keyboard Resizing
- On-device Privacy
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NOTE: The name has been changed from "SwiftBoard for iOS" to "SwiftBoard for iPhone" SwiftBoard is an iOS keyboard extension built from the ground up to provide speed, stability and customization. SwitBoard provides every setting and customization option you would expect from a keyboard and much more. Some of the features SwiftBoard prides itself on: - Haptic Feedback - Alternate Text with Special Key Gestures - Extra Number Row - Swipe Selection - Multi-language auto-correct - Full Themeing Support - Keyboard resizing - Privacy Themes: - Customize every aspect of the keyboard - Create and save unlimited themes - Choose colors from the SwiftBoard color picker - Choose colors with custom hex code - Set gradian for keyboard background - Set key colors, corner radius and more Privacy Your privacy our top concern with SwiftBoard. Unlike other keyboards, SwiftBoard sends ZERO information to external servers. Every single thing you do or type with SwiftBoard remains on device, making SwiftBoard one of the safest iOS keyboards for your privacy. Closing Remarks I have poured hundreds of hours into SwiftBoard and I hope that you enjoy using SwiftBoard as much as I have enjoyed creating it for you. Let me know if you have any suggested features or fixes and I will be sure to take a look!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Slyder at 69% against SwiftBoard for iPhone's 23%. Slyder also leads on rating (4.5 vs 3.4) and ratings volume (1.6K vs 198). SwiftBoard for iPhone's advantage is iOS requirement (9.0 vs 16.0). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Slyder sells 12 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month and SwiftBoard for iPhone sells 5 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Slyder holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 3.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Slyder has 1.6K ratings behind it against 198, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 69% of Slyder's written reviews are positive against 23% of SwiftBoard for iPhone's.
Slyder ships an update every 10 days, SwiftBoard for iPhone every 11 days. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 20, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Slyder | SwiftBoard for iPhone |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (1.6K ratings) — better | 3.4 (198 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 68.6% of reviews — better | 22.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1.6K — better | 198 |
| Update frequency | Every 10 days — better | Every 11 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 9.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 196 MB | 20 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Chiho Chun | Joseph Holt |
Customer experience
Slyder
SwiftBoard for iPhone
User reviews
Slyder
From 1.6K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Fast and responsive keyboard
- 👍 Highly customizable with many options
- 💡 Innovative features like top bar customization
- 👍 Comfortable for users with large fingers
- 👍 Allows adding a number row above the keyboard
Room to improve
- 🐛 Occasional bugs and crashes
- 🐛 Keyboard sometimes switches to default iOS keyboard unexpectedly
- 🐛 Haptic feedback issues, sometimes stops working
- 🐛 Keyboard not working properly in certain apps like Chrome and Safari
- 💰 Paywall for removing ads and accessing premium features
SwiftBoard for iPhone
From 198 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- ⌨️ Extra row with numbers and punctuation on main keyboard
- 📱 Haptic feedback feature enhances typing experience
- 🎨 Highly customizable keyboard appearance and settings
- ⚡ Fast typing speeds for experienced users
- ✅ Accurate spell check functionality
Room to improve
- 🐛 Inconsistent swiping gestures for character selection
- 🔒 Requires full access permissions with data privacy concerns
- 💰 Aggressive paywall - features locked behind Pro version
- ⌨️ Keys too narrow, small input zones cause missed keypresses
- 🐢 Significant lag and slowness when typing quickly
Bugs and requests
Slyder
Reported bugs
4 issues- Keyboard sometimes switches to default iOS keyboard unexpectedly
- Haptic feedback issues, sometimes stops working
- Keyboard not working properly in certain apps like Chrome and Safari
- Issues with the keyboard when using the emoji/special character section
Requested features
5 requests- Add autocorrect and text prediction features
- Allow customizing the favorite bar when switching keyboard layers
- Add support for more languages like Japanese, Chinese, and Urdu
- Improve stability and reduce bugs
- Allow disabling the full access permission request
SwiftBoard for iPhone
Reported bugs
15 issues- Pro version purchase not activating or showing 'pending' status
- Keyboard not working after granting full access
- Keyboard jumps or auto-returns after each word
- Spacebar requires multiple taps to register
- Backspace/delete key unresponsive or laggy
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- Autocorrect applies without warning and cannot be easily overridden
- Autocapitalization inconsistent or disabled after backspace
- Haptic feedback not working despite being enabled
- App crashes and bounces back to default keyboard
- Keyboard disappears or vanishes in landscape mode
- Keys don't enlarge when pressed (blocking view)
- Swiping gestures fail to register consistently
- App freezes during typing
- Incompatible with corporate device management (MobileIron)
- Keyboard not appearing in certain apps despite being enabled
Requested features
16 requests- Swipe-to-type word input functionality
- Support for multiple languages (Spanish, French, German, Russian, Arabic, etc.)
- Larger keyboard size with bigger keys and text
- Adjustable haptic feedback intensity control
- Key pop-up animation like stock iOS keyboard
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- Hold-to-select alternative characters (Android-style)
- More theme and customization options
- Dark mode option
- One-handed keyboard mode
- Emoji support and better emoji selection
- Wider spacebar and delete key
- Remove or reduce globe key size
- AZERTY and QWERTZ keyboard layouts
- Better autocorrect training system
- In-app help documentation and tutorials
- Keyboard font customization
In-app purchases
Slyder
- Plus$0.991 Month
- Premium$3.997 Days
- Plus$7.991 Year
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- Premium$9.991 Month
- Premium$59.991 Year
- Support $0.99$0.99
- Support $1.99$1.99
- Support $2.99$2.99
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- Support $4.99$4.99
- Support $9.99$9.99
- Support $29.99$29.99
- Support $99.99$99.99
SwiftBoard for iPhone
- Small Tip$0.99
- SwiftBoard Pro$1.99
- Medium Tip$2.99
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- Large Tip$4.99
- Massive Tip$9.99
Questions
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